Slow start (50 miles in January), solid from March to June, and inguinal strain affected July and August, with subsequent surgery slowing everything down after that. But with my 1st 40 mile week in about 6 months just completed, I feel good about the upcoming year. Now bring me that horizon!

I hope we are all realizing that the mileage is supposed to be a means to an end, not a goal/target in itself.

I haven’t even added up my mileage. I’d guess it’s somewhere in the 3000 range, outside of 2003 which was a total mess my lowest total in some time. However, both the mileage and more importantly the race times will get back on track in 2005.

I started running in constantly May for the first time since 1999. I had an injury at the end of May (too much speed + no base) so I took a few weeks off in June and then built base mileage the rest of the year. I was over 200 miles for Oct, Nov and Dec. I will likely stay around this level of mileage for the first part of 2005 and build intensity.

I hope we are all realizing that the mileage is supposed to be a means to an end, not a goal/target in itself.

It is for the most part for me, but I still like to see how I did compared to the previous year. I don’t think I will ever get up over 2K miles due to the hot Spring, Summer and Fall down here. It makes it to hard to get the necessary miles in.